Holly Golightly's Breakfast at Tiffany's House Sells For $6M.

I have no burning desire to be rich, but, man, this makes me wish I was.

...the 15-foot-wide Upper East Side townhouse has just sold for $6M, a smidge above the $5.85M ask.

Holly Golightly's Breakfast at Tiffany's House Sells For $6M - Sold Stuff - Curbed National

Hierbas de botica (Pharmacy herbs) by luzinterruptus.

How can you fight light pollution? If you're a guerrilla artist, you can do a playful installation with a serious message. Really lovely.

Of all the environmental pollution that can be found in the city of Madrid, the most evident is light pollution, so much so that in our sky we can never see the Milky Way and hardly any stars. This overillumination is evident to the naked eye at a distance of more than 200 kms and produces a glow that can be seen with a medium-size telescope for more than 700 kms.

It is therefore very surprising, that at a time when the European Union is so careful with issues of environmental pollution, the Dept. of the Environment of the City Council of Madrid rules for illuminated signs, adopted a couple of years ago, changed the rules for pharmacy signs, to allow them to be replaced with much more powerful ones.

So much light emanates from the new crosses that the environment that surrounds each pharmacy, is permanently tinted a deep, vibrant and unnatural green color. Objectively speaking, one could say that the majority of the urban green spaces in our city, are more the result of erroneous illuminated sign rules than the commitment of our institutions to provide the city with places where you can be in contact with nature.


Read the whole story and see more fab photos over at luzinterruptus' site:
Hierbas de botica / Pharmacy herbs | luzinterruptus

(via Cassandra Daily)

Limited edition Sakura Ni Poster.

This lovely limited edition poster (celebrating Washington D.C.'s annual cherry blossom festival) is available over at Felt & Wire Shop. 50% of all poster sales will be donated to Washington, DC’s Bread for the City charity to support their ongoing efforts to feed and clothe district residents in need.

Felt & Wire Shop: Sakura Ni Poster from Polygraph

Jason Lee may have the best daughters ever.

These two are like the living embodiment of Calvin & Hobbes, too. Especially since most of the ideas are theirs. The whole collection make me molto smiley.

See the rest over at Bored Panda.

Pro/Con Journal – Decision-Making Technology.

Love it.

The Pro/Con Journal represents decision-making technology at its finest! Inspired by our bestselling Pro/Con Pad, this efficient journal will help you make the right choice, and track the outcome of future (and better informed!) decisions.

• Make decisions with systematic satisfaction!
• Review past decisions with 20/20 hindsight!
• Hardcover, 102 pages; 4.25 x 9.25 inches

Pro/Con Journal – A Decision-Making Journal by Knock Knock

(Danke, Martina!)

David Schwen's type sandwiches.

I've seen the others, but I'd never seen "Grilled Cheese" until yesterday. It makes me happy.

David Schwen | Type Sandwiches – the Behance Network

Floating Chinese Sky Lanterns.

Wow. Groupon is actually featuring something that makes me go "oooooh." I'd love to send a bunch of these off into the sky...



These sky lanterns are handmade and imported from China, where traditional lanterns have lifted off for centuries and are considered good luck. Packs of 10 or 20 pristine lanterns, each about the size of a large beach ball or a 1/100,000-scale model of Jupiter, float peacefully into the sky, propelled by hot air wafting from a small flame within. After about 15 minutes of flight, flames self-extinguish, and the fire-resistant lantern body gently falls and begins to completely biodegrade. Launching Chinese sky lanterns can lend extra pomp and symbolism to events such as memorial services, weddings, and driver’s ed class reunions.

Floating Chinese Sky Lanterns Deal of the Day | Groupon Abilene, TX

Flavorwire: The Very Best of Sandwich Design.

This may be my favorite design piece this month. Like a Dagwood sammich, I love it on so many levels.

Flavorwire:  The Very Best of Sandwich Design

Flower nails.

Oh, hellooo. How cute are these? Somebody in the US needs to get on this and make these types of decorative nails at a reasonable price.

FLOWER NAIL 6 SET / RAUMGESTALT / MASAHARU ONO / フラワー ネイル 6本入り / ラウムゲシュタルト / マサハル オオノ - TRICO / トリコ

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Best Made Company badges

 I love Best Made Company. Their site, their products. All of it. And I think these badges are completely charming.

 

Best Made Company — Badges

New at Blik: FUNBUS by Dan Golden.

I heart Dan Golden.

blik - ALL ABOARD THE FUNBUS. GIVEAWAYS INCLUDED.

Lego Ernie & Bert by Jung Von Matt.

LEGO – Imagine by Jung von Matt | THEINSPIRATION.COM

The Empowerment Plan

Projects like this make my heart very big. Beautiful.

The Empowerment Plan is a humanitarian project based in the city of Detroit. The plan centers around a coat that is self-heated, waterproof, and transforms into a sleeping bag at night. The coat is made by a group of homeless women who have been paid to learn and to produce the coats for those living on the streets. The focus is on the system to create jobs for those that desire them and coats for those that need them at no cost. The importance is not with the product but with the people.

The goals of the Empowerment Plan are:

• to employ homeless females within the city of Detroit
• to give coats or the Element S coat to individuals living on the streets
• to teach sewing manufacturing/ production skills to people that need jobs
• to offer a sense of pride to the women who have been employed in the production of the coats.

We aim to help build a better life for those that have become trapped in a vicious cycle. The coat design started the project but it is the system The Empowerment Plan hopes to be that is fueling the project.

The Empowerment Plan

RSA House chandeliers by Troika

These are spectacular. (Thank you, Bradley!)

Gizmodo describes them perfectly:  A small brass pendant filled with eight high-power LEDs hangs from the ceiling. The light source shines upward through a fresnel lens. The refracted projection creates a series of overlapping circular patterns on the ceiling, giving the appearance of an elaborate chandelier overhead. The new chandeliers are efficient, they collect very little dust, and in the event of a disastrous crash, like in The Phantom of the Opera, they're practically harmless.

Dezeen: RSA House chandeliers by Troika (via Gizmodo)

A Venn diagram about art & personality.

I wish I could give this proper attribution, but I have no idea who made it. I can only tell you where I saw it: I Love Charts

New Tattly: Four Folks and One Dog by Blanca Gómez

I am a HUGE fan of Blanca Gómez' illustrations, so this new Tattly tattoo made me smile.

Tattly™ Designy Temporary Tattoos — Four Folks and One Dog

Flag Designs for Earth & The Solar System in 2020 and Beyond.

If you have a few minutes, go hop around the links in this article. These designs by thefrek are lovely, both as designs and genuinely useful infographics.

io9: This is awesome News, Videos, Reviews and Gossip

Mr Chicken.

Finding out things like this just makes me love England all the more.

"You may not know his name but you will certainly know his work: Morris Cassanova (aka Mr Chicken) designs and makes signs for most of the fried chicken shops in the UK..."

 

Read an interview with him over at Creative Review - Meet Mr Chicken.

Herb Lester's new Brooklyn map.

I'm a big, big fan of Herb Lester Associates' designy little maps. This isn't the strongest of them – I prefer their more nostalgic designs – but I still have to give this one some love because it's Herb Lester AND Brooklyn.

Brooklyn is home to some of the city's tastiest food and most interesting shops, it has wonderful old family-run businesses and exciting new enterprises, but its geographical vastness can make it daunting to visitors.

This guide offers 41 reasons to visit including Bamonte's, a family-run, fourth generation Italian restaurant; the Peter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop; The City Reliquary, an idiosyncratic museum of New York; the thrills and spills of Coney Island; and pelmeni in Brighton Beach. And that's just five of them.

The map is designed and illustrated by Two Arms Inc of Brooklyn, NY. It is A3 (297x420mm) folded to A6 (105x148mm), and litho printed in England on 100 per cent recycled paper.

Herb Lester — Brooklyn: 41 reasons why

Grundini site.

SUCH a fun portfolio site. Don't take my word for it. Clap ye owne eyes on it.

 
Grundini (via site inspire)